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glossary: define commit-ish (a.k.a. committish)
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Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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[[def_commit-ish]]commit-ish (also committish)::
A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> or an
<<def_object,object>> that can be recursively dereferenced to
a commit object.
The following are all commit-ishes:
a commit object,
a <<def_tag_object,tag object>> that points to a commit
object,
a tag object that points to a tag object that points to a
commit object,
etc.

[[def_core_git]]core Git::
Fundamental data structures and utilities of Git. Exposes only limited
source code management tools.
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